Chapter 10
Chapter 1 E 10 (Fleeing) 2
"Here you go!"
A hostess put two large mugs on Ryouma table.
Then she pours the drink with amber looking liquid until the bubbles spilled to the black table.
"... I didn't order for this, but?"
Ryouma alternately looking at the mug filled with beer and the hostess.
"It's on the house! Please drink it!"
Saying that the hostess sits down on one of the chairs.
"I've never seen your face around here before, are you traveling person?"
She talks with a friendly tone toward Ryouma.
"Are you on break?"
Ryouma asked the hostess who has sat down on the chair.
"Look around? there's only you here."
Toward the hostess words, Ryouma looking around the restaurant, and turn out, he's the only customer left.
When Ryouma entered the restaurant there were still several visitors, it seems they already go back home.
"It's the time you see. We finish lunch at 3:00. Since you come at 2.58, the restaurant is not yet closed."
Saying that the hostess mischievously shakes one of the mugs in front of him.
"Though the kitchen staff already take a break since a while ago, there's still cleaning to be done. Nonetheless, to say, It would be boring to stand alone until you finished eating see. Thus, keep company this aunty for a bit. And, this drink is the payment for that."
After saying that, she pushes the mugs toward Ryouma.
"Is that so? I'm very sorry. For causing the trouble."
"Don't mind it, don't mind it~. So? are you a traveler?"
The tone of the hostess is very frank and smooth. And one can see that she's also a talkative person.
(Well there's no harm. Since there's a lot of things that I want to know too.)
Ryouma decide to talk about his personal history for a bit. Because what he needed the most was information.
"Indeed. That's right. This is the first time I come here..."
'He~, so you came to the Ortomea imperial capital for the first time eh? You're alone?"
"No. I came here with my father... and the other day, my father died cause of disease..."
Saying that Ryouma lower her head.
The hostess must be thinking that she had just heard something unpleasant. Then she said it in a hurry.
"Ah~. I've asked something wrong ne~...."
Ryouma raised his head while smiling.
"No. There's no helping it for his illness."
"Is that so?... So it was an illness huh... then you, what are you going to do now? Going back to your hometown?"
"I think I will live in the imperial capital. Since I've traveled with my father here and there, I would like to settle down in this neighborhood."
(Here it is, the main subject. I have to speak carefully so that she won't think of me as someone suspicious.)
Ryouma waited for a chance to hear the information he wanted to hear patiently. Since he knows that, if he were to be too impatient, it would only incur the hostess suspicion.
The hostess seems to believe Ryouma story entirely. Since originally a good person won't doubt others people origins; besides, Ryouma story sounds very believable.
"Is that so. So, where are you going to live?"
(Here it comes!)
Ryouma is pleased that the topic he had waited have come
First, I have to work to live. However, for Ryouma who had come from another world, he doesn't know if he could get a job here or not.
Furthermore, if he did not listen properly to the general common sense and information, it will cause suspicion along the road.
And since he exposes his face, Ryouma also worried that his face might fall into the empire hands if he does a bad job here.
"About that... to say honestly, up until now I've been helping my father's work, so in particular, I can't do anything much... at most I can use the sword to some degree."
"I see. Well~ in the case with your age~ you're too young to become a craftsman and a merchant would be difficult to do~."
The hostess nodded her head while looking at Ryouma face.
"I can't be a merchant?"
"I don't say you can't, but I think it would be difficult you know? It is a job that you need to train since childhood see~."
"Is that so?... Wah, this is bad huh..."
Ryouma pretends to feel down.
"You... You said you can use the sword? Then why not try being mercenaries or adventurers~?"
"Oh, I can?... but, how am I supposed to do to become one of those?"
"What's this? you don't know??"
"Indeed. I don't know much about the detail, if you don't mind, can you tell me about it?"
Ryouma polite tone makes the other ease their wariness toward him, and make them think that they should help him.
In fact, in term of courtesy, the hostess will at least answer it no matter who had asked.
"Though it's not really that detailed. At least I can grasp some part of it since sometimes adventurers and mercenaries come here to drink, is that alright?"
"By all means, please do tell me about it."
Saying that, Ryouma lowered his head.
"I-It's not something that great. You just have to go to the respective guild and register, then it's done."
"Huh? I heard that they need a background check and other necessities, though?"
This is the thing that Ryouma worried about.
Ryouma who had come from another world, have nothing like family registry or someone who can guarantee his ident.i.ty. If that is needed, to be honest, he has no way out of it.
It would be straight line to become a highway robber.
However, The answer of the hostess is quite simple.
"You don't need a guarantor or proof of ident.i.ty to become an adventurer. The one who needs those is, being a merchant, craftsman, and also a soldier.
Ne~... If you want to register at the guild alone, you can do it over there."
Ryouma then shows smile on his whole face.
It seems like he can find job at least.
"Really!? I'm glad that you told me all these~. I thought they would need ident.i.ty guarantee! Turn out it was just misunderstood in my part eh..."
Ryouma said so while energetically drinks the ale inside the large mugs.
"You must be mistaking them when they talk about becoming merchant or something else. By the way, the guild location is, outside of this restaurant, you go toward the left side heading to the main street, and you will found it immediately."
"Thank you very much! Ma'am. I will head toward that please immediately."
"Is that so? then do come for dinner and report to me later alright?"
"Sure! well then, the bill please."
"Sure! 1 person portion serving for menu A is 25 bahts."
Hearing that Ryouma hardened. It's not because he does not have any money. It's about something different...
(d.a.m.n it. I still don't know the value of the money...)
A while before when I buy the clothes, I came through by letting the girl take the money back in excuse of leaving quickly, but here, I can't use the same method.
Since there's no other choice, Ryouma took one gold coin which seems to be the most valuable on the table.
"W-Wait you. Even if you took out 10.00 baht, there wouldn't be any change..."
Seeing gold coin on the table, the hostess look amazed.
"Do you not have any 100 baht silver coin?"
(Alright... I found the value of the money.)
one piece of Gold coin is ten thousand baht.
One silver coin is a hundred baht.
(Does that mean, one piece of copper is 1 baht?)
"Ah... I'm very sorry. Please wait a moment."
Pretending to be in a hurry he took another money bag from his pocket.
"I probably put it in this one... 25 copper coins right?"
"That's right. 25 baht."
"Ah! Here it is... I'm very sorry. I've put my small change here."
He put the 25 copper coins on the table while glossing it over.
"Alright! Thank you very much for your patronage."
While the hostess put the copper coins on her ap.r.o.n, she asked Ryouma.
"You, you don't have a card? since we can use card here, please use that next time."
(Card? Does she mean Credit Card?)
He could not say that he don't know anything about that; thus Ryouma made up a story matching up with the hostess.
"Ah well about that~ the truth is I lost the card see... but since I hold some cash, I think I won't feel troubled for a while..."
"Oh? I see, so that's what had happened. Well~ I guess because the depositor is the only one that can use the money it is safe, but, sometimes it's inconvenient. How about reissuing it? There are banks near the guilds you know?"
(As expected, a bank huh? Or rather, really? A bank? in this world?)
Since Ryouma thought that it would be a waste without asking back, he asks the hostess a question.
"Do reissuing it not need any family ident.i.ty proof?"
"You don't need it you know? If you make it at the same time making bank account application, you will only require personal information."
"Oh~. Is that how it is? I don't know that... Thank you very much!"
After that being said, Ryouma lowered his head toward the hostess.
"Don't mind it, don't mind it! Please it here again later."
As she went off, Ryouma then left the restaurant and walked toward the main street.
"First, I need to go to the bank!"
He follows the direction that the hostess had told him about, then he saw a sign of money being stacked on the left side of the road, and he also saw a sign with a picture of a soldier wearing armor.
(Such an easy to understand signboard huh... to think they use a picture.)
Ryouma went toward the bank while thinking such a thing.
Honestly speaking, it's quite heavy to carry seven bags of coins.
Especially when there are some pursuers, thus he wants to be a bit light.
That's being the case, Ryouma went toward the bank before heading to the adventurer guilds.
"Welcome. What kind of business do you have today?"
A middle-aged man from the lobby spoke toward Ryouma after he pa.s.sed